County Courthouse under demolition, Los Angeles, 1935

Description: Bird's-eye view of the Los Angeles County Courthouse in the beginning stages of demolition, with the upper tower and portions of the roof gone.
Handwritten on negative: Wrecked old county courthouse. 8-12-35
The courthouse, completed in 1891, was located at the corner of Broadway and Temple St. This red sandstone facility utilized aspects of the Richardsonian Romanesque Style, with thick, rusticated stone walls, wall dormers, and central clock tower. The architects were Curlett, Eisen and Cuthbertson; San Diego architect, William S. Hebbard, who was working for the architecture firm of Curlett, Eisen and Cuthbertson as a draftsman, contributed to the design.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Wrecking old County Courthouse. 8-12-35. [stamped:] Aug 22 1935.

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
bird's-eye views
news photographs
Names: Los Angeles County Courthouse (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.056161
Latitude: -118.244187
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Courthouses--California--Los Angeles
Romanesque revival (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_10023
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dds2k
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